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Barabbas (/ b ə ˈ r æ b ə s /; Biblical Greek: Bαραββᾶς, romanized: Barabbās) [1] was, according to the New Testament, a prisoner who rebelled against the Roman occupying forces and who was chosen over Jesus by the crowd in Jerusalem to be pardoned and released by Roman governor Pontius Pilate at the Passover feast.
Pilate released Barabbas, had Jesus flogged and abducted. Mark 15:6–15. Narrator explains the amnesty vote and Barabbas. Pilate asked crowd: 'Do you want me to release the king of the Jews?' Chief priests stirred up the crowd to release Barabbas. Pilate: 'What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?' Crowd: 'Crucify him!'
Articles relating to Barabbas and his depictions. According to the New Testament , a prisoner who was chosen by the crowd in Jerusalem , over Jesus , to be pardoned and released by Roman governor Pontius Pilate at the Passover feast.
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U.S. President Joe Biden pardoned five people on Sunday, including the late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, and commuted the sentences of two, the White House said in a statement. Garvey, who ...
Barabbas is a 1950 novel by Pär Lagerkvist. It tells a version of the life of Barabbas, the man whom the Bible relates was released instead of Jesus. The novel is built on antithesis: Jesus dies first among the three crucified – Barabbas dies last. Jesus dies among several of his friends – Barabbas dies alone.
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Barabbas plots a revolt in Jerusalem during Passover, during which time Jesus enters the city in triumph and goes to the Temple to preach. The rebels storm the Antonia Fortress, but the legions of Pilate, having learned of the plot, ambush and crush the revolt, massacring the rebels. Barabbas, the sole survivor, is arrested.